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Immune Support Soup

Description

The warming qualities of ginger can help heat you from the inside-out, making it an ideal ingredient for immune-support foods. Debra Brammer, ND, clinical dean of naturopathic medicine at Bastyr Center for Natural Health, presented this recipe during a talk called "Herbs to Support Immunity," part of the 2011 Living Naturally fall lecture series at the clinic. Watch the talk in its entirety and view Dr. Brammer’s other immune-boosting other recipes via the article “Bastyr Dean Shares Recipes for Immunity.”

Ingredients

1 quart

miso, chicken, vegetable or mushroom broth

1 small

yellow onion, chopped

3 tbsp

grated fresh ginger root (or use as little as 1 teaspoon, to taste)

5 clove

garlic, chopped or crushed (or use as little as 1 clove, to taste)

1⁄2 cup

shiitake mushrooms, sliced

1⁄2

lemon, juiced

1

carrot, grated

3 tbsp

fresh, minced parsley

1

lemongrass (if desired)

Instructions

Combine the broth, onion, ginger, garlic, mushrooms and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and add lemon juice, carrot, parsley and lemongrass if using. Put cover on pan and steam for 5 minutes. Remove lemongrass before serving; eat up to 4 times a day.